To: muir_redwoods
Does your height/pace measurement take into account the shorter step of a soldier under his combat load? Add in armor, sword, shield, helmet and everything else and his stride would be a bit shorter.
To: PeteB570
As pointed out by another poster, the Roman mile was a bit shorter at about 4850 feet.
142 posted on
09/20/2005 4:45:01 PM PDT by
muir_redwoods
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